For a town rich with performing arts talent, Lianne is keen to bring something new.

“There are a huge number of creative people in Bridgwater. There’s a real undercurrent of arts-based performance, and I’m looking to inspire a new audience.”

As for Dita? “She really brought burlesque back to the foreground,” says Lianne.

“It didn’t start off as striptease. In its heyday in the Great Depression in America, it was about bringing a bit of happiness to people for a little bit of money; a couple of dancing girls, singers, a comedy act.

“But when the world of cinema really started up, burlesque went underground.

Dina returned it to its rightful place, celebrating the artistry of burlesque.”

Tickets cost £15 per table per person, £12 for row seats or £8 for balcony seats, available from Shhh! at 31, Bridgwater High Street or shhh-burlesque.co.uk